Software Engineer

Job Description Summary
GE Vernova's Electrification Software's largest Grid Software Global Delivery Center is based in Bucharest. It allows us to bring a significant contribution to the Worldwide Electrical Energy context. We deliver mission-critical solutions that drive the energy transition, focusing on Energy Transmission, Distribution, Asset Management, and Market Management to shape the current and future energy environment.

What You Would Work On
Our teams support software solutions for R&D, services, and support for Electrification Software's products while liaising with stakeholders and customers all around the globe.

At GE Vernova's Electrification Software business, you will join a high-performing team delivering global projects that support decarbonization and drive the energy transition. You'll receive guidance from colleagues and leaders as you develop your skills and understanding of the business.

As a Software Engineer in our Platform Engineering team, you'll contribute to a suite of backend services and developer-facing tools that support everything from CI/CD orchestration and artifact promotion to developer experience APIs and delivery metrics. This platform integrates with key systems such as GitHub, Backstage, Artifactory, and Kubernetes, and underpins our standardized CI/CD blueprint.

This is an opportunity to influence the shape of internal platform capabilities that enable thousands of developers to ship secure, reliable software with confidence.

Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable backend services and APIs (primarily in Python and/or Go) that power the development platform
• Help build event-driven integrations and workflows across systems such as GitHub, Artifactory, Kubernetes, and internal tooling
• Support the development of features such as artifact promotion APIs, SDLC metrics pipelines, and CI/CD standardization tooling
• Work with infrastructure and DevOps teams to integrate the development platform with GitHub Actions, Helm, ArgoCD, and other cloud-native tooling
• Assist with the integration of the development platform into Backstage, supporting service metadata, software catalog entries, and lifecycle automation
• Develop automation and internal tools that improve developer productivity and SDLC visibility
• Contribute to technical documentation and platform engineering standards
• Collaborate with platform users and product teams to gather feedback and help evolve platform capabilities

Desired Characteristics/Technical Expertise

• Solid experience in backend development using Python and/or Go
• Good understanding of software design principles and secure development practices
• Hands-on experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Experience working with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle

• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, including:

• Kubernetes

• Helm
• Istio service mesh

• ArgoCD or similar GitOps tools

• Exposure to CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD

• Desirable: understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Desirable: interest in software lifecycle management, including artifact promotion and release traceability
• Desirable: familiarity with AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, RDS, Lambda)
• Desirable: experience with Backstage, software catalogs, or internal developer portals (IDPs)
• Desirable: exposure to metrics and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or PowerBI

Education Qualification
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with basic experience.

Business Acumen

• Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks.
• Understands the technology landscape, up to date on current technology trends and new technology, brings new ideas to the team.
• Displays understanding of the project's value proposition for the customer. Shows commitment to deliver the best value proposition for the targeted customer.
• Learns organization vision statement and decision making framework. Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision

Personal/Leadership Attributes

• Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence.
• Learns organization vision statement and decision making framework. Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision.
• Completes assigned tasks on time and with high quality. Takes independent responsibility for assigned deliverables.
• Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks.
• Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present.
• Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks
• Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources
• Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

You'll Thrive In This Role If You…

• Want to shape platform architecture and how engineering teams deliver software
• Think holistically about developer experience, delivery workflows, and system integration
• Enjoy solving cross-cutting problems and collaborating across engineering functions
• Are passionate about driving technical excellence and engineering culture

Why Join Our Team
GE Vernova is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to the continuous improvement and the wellbeing of its employee. We are offering fully customized development and training programs all throughout the year, on top of a LinkedIn Learning subscription and full access to GE Vernova's learning database.

Our wellbeing program will allow you to benefit from multiple events focused on a healthy lifestyle, free apps to support your healthy habits and free employee assistance program, provided by specialized counselors.

Also, We Are Offering

• Strong induction process (a dedicated 1-month ramp-up period).
• Flexible working hours and a well-defined hybrid working policy.
• Private Medical Insurance for you (can also be extended for family members).
• Attractive financial compensations for roles involving external travels and on-site missions.
• Fully customized development and training programs all throughout the year.
• Increased number of vacation days, according to your work-experience, encompassed by an annual bonus payout.
• Annual, performance-based, salary review.
• Multiple subscriptions, discounts and vouchers available (such as Bookster subscription, corporate discount to fitness services, gift vouchers for Christmas and Easter holiday, daily meal vouchers, additional days off such as 8th of March and 3rd Easter Day and children's benefits, including gifts for special occasions, vouchers, and events) etc.

Our Culture
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background, and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected, and that they belong. By embracing inclusive teams and perspectives, we are better equipped to build a world that works.

GE Vernova's Global Delivery Center in Bucharest is not only a workplace, but also a community where members are actively involved in different initiatives such as personal development workshops, book clubs, sports competitions, charity events, volunteering on greening and afforestation and dedicated events for employees' children.

**Additional Information*
*Relocation Assistance Provided:
No